AT DAWN HE'LL BE GONE AND YOU'LL BE HERE FOREVER. Kristen Simmons's masterful breakout horror
novel that's " Jumanji but Japanese-inspired" (Kendare Blake) about estranged friends playing a
deadly game in a nightmarish folkloric underworld. "Twists turns and genuine palpable
emotion." -David Levithan ¿ "Haunting and unforgettable." -Melissa de la Cruz ¿ "A nightmare I
didn't want to end." -Terry J. Benton-Walker ¿ "Absorbing." -C. L. Herman ¿ "Bone-chilling."
-Lauren Shippen ¿ "Heart-pounding." -Margaret Rogerson ¿ "Twisted." -Lish McBride ¿ "Won't let
me sleep!" -Chelsea Mueller ¿ "Full of surprises." -C. J. Redwine ¿ "Intense." -Kendare Blake
Four years ago five kids started a game. Not all of them survived. Now at the end of their
senior year of high school the survivors-Owen Madeline Emerson and Dax-have reunited for
one strange and terrible reason: they've been summoned by the ghost of Ian the friend they
left for dead. Together they return to the place where their friendship ended with one goal:
find Ian and bring him home. So they restart the deadly game they never finished-an innocent
card-matching challenge called Meido. A game without instructions. As soon as they begin
they're dragged out of their reality and into an eerie hellscape of Japanese underworlds more
horrifying than even the darkest folktales that Owen's grandmother told him. There they meet
Shinigami an old wise woman who explains the rules: They have one night to complete seven
challenges or they'll all be stuck in this world forever. Once inseparable the survivors now
can't stand each other but the challenges demand they work together think quickly and make
sacrifices-blood clothes secrets memories and worse. And once again not everyone will
make it out alive.
